Expressions with the Noun “Story”

Expressions with the Noun “Story”

Enrich your vocabulary with these 10 interesting expressions with the noun “story”. There may be similar expressions in your language, too. 🙂

It’s a long story

Meaning: A story you don’t feel like telling because it’s too long.
Ex: What happened? – It’s a long story, I can’t talk about it now.

The story of my life

Meaning: used to say that you’ve been unfortunate too often.
Ex: People always misunderstand me – that’s the story of my life.

Expressions with the noun “story”

The same old story

Meaning: used to describe a situation that repeatedly occurs.
Ex: It’s the same old story – my roommate never has enough money for the bills.

The story goes

Meaning: something people are talking about.
Ex: The story goes that they’ve broken up.

 

To make a long story short

Meaning: used to tell a long story in a few details.
Ex: I wanted to study philosophy, but to make a long story short, I ended up as a lawyer.

Expressions with the noun “story”

It’s another/different story

Meaning: totally different compared to something else.
Ex: Last year, we had no vaccines for Coronavirus but this year is a different story.

The story behind something

Meaning: the meaning and/or origin of something.
Ex: And now, that’s the story behind Halloween.

Expressions with the noun “story”

Have a story to tell

Meaning: to know something interesting.
Ex: If they could talk, the walls of the old castle would have a great story to tell.

Someone’s side of the story

Meaning: to be informed about a story or event from someone else’s view.
Ex: The judge wanted to hear the witness’s side of the story.

Expressions with the noun “story”

Cock and bull story

Meaning: a story that is difficult to believe.
Ex: He gave a traffic warden a cock and bull story about how his dog ate the ticket.

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